Clubs supportive of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender high school students could be in jeopardy next year. Gay-Straight Alliances were formed in March at four local high schools, after the Washington County School District Board of Education, under pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, changed its policies. The board has since taken steps to combat the clubs, unwanted by many in Southern Utah’s socially conservative majority, by requiring parents’ signatures to join noncurricular student clubs starting next year.

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